How do I estimate my OpenTok monthly usage?

During a video or audio session, each user needs to both publish (upload their video/audio content), and subscribe (download video/audio content from the other users).

TokBox charges for subscribed minutes – we don’t charge for published minutes.

The total number of subscribed minutes depends on the length of the session and the use case, as 1:1 and multi-party sessions work slightly differently. You can refer to the table below to calculate the total number of subscribed minutes (when all participants are both publishing and subscribing).

Use Case

How to calculate usage?

Example

1:1 or 2-participant session

Each participant subscribes to the stream from the other participant.

Number of streamed subscribed minutes = 2 x duration of session

15-minute session with 2 participants:

Total number of streamed subscribed minutes billed will be (2 x 15), which equals 30 streamed subscribed minutes

Multi-party session

Each participant subscribes to streams from the other participants

Number of streamed subscribed minutes = n x (n-1) x duration of session(where n is number of participants)

15-minute session with 4 participants:

Total number of streamed subscribed minutes billed will be (4 x 3 x 15), which equals 180 streamed subscribed minutes